Brandnew, an online advertising company focussing on image based sites, has gained funding from investors including Switzerland-based marketing company PubliGroupe.

The city of Berlin has invested in Germany-based digital marketing company Brandnew’s $1.9m seed round.

The company raised $1.1m as a grant from Berlin’s Program for the Promotion of Research, Innovation and Technology (Pro Fit) and another $845,000 from marketing company PubliGroupe, venture capital company Belin Ventures and private investor Lukas Kircher.

Brandnew connects companies wanting to advertise on image-based sites such as Instagram and Pinterest with influential users.

Francis Trapp, chief…